I’ve been on a Heaven Hill bottom shelf expedition lately. This is another one that is not sold in Tennessee, where I live. So I had to cross the border into Kentucky to pick this up. After about 10mins rest in the glass... The nose has the classic heaven hill sweet corn with a slight nuttiness (peanut), followed by some nice dried fruit, vanilla frosting and gingerbread. There is also some rye spice, though some of that comes across in the gingerbread. The palate is sweet and medium bodied and slightly oily with sweet corn, an early kick of baking spices, vanilla frosting and gingerbread, as well as a light nutty note. The finish is long, with a slight burn right as you swallow. Baking spices show up initially and then fade into lingering sweet corn and vanilla. Finishes out with a tingling on the edges of the tongue with some barrel char/nuttiness at the tail end. Another pleasant surprise from this bottom shelfer from Heaven Hill. I only wish it was sold everywhere. I still think J.T.S. Brown is my favorite of these. But this one is right up there, and for the price, way better than some bourbons 3x the cost.